2015 Volkswagen Golf and GTI

Given that the current-generation Golf is a thinly veiled, cost-conscious facelift of the fifth generation, the people's hatch has been on cruise control for a number of years. Fortunately, it receives a chiseled upgrade for the 2015 model year: longer, lower and lighter, the all-new Golf and GTI unveiled at the 2013 New York Auto Show strike a sleeker profile, thanks in part to Volkswagen’s new MQB architecture.